Okay, now I'm even kinda grossed out. I'm in the John/Marlena age zone myself and have a perfectly wunnerful DH and we enjoy each other immensely and, frankly, the smoochin' 8.1 etc. is better than it's ever been (drum roll for the...) but, are the writers going over the top with John and Marlena constantly PDA'ing*? I mean, Marlena is draped in John's lap, they're lip locked everyplace they go, Marlena is doing this very wierd outstretched arm, grabby hands "come to me" gesture to John - whatsup with this?
Decorum, people!
*(PDA: "Public Display of Affection")
Terry Pulliam Burd
-- "Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here."
> Okay, now I'm even kinda grossed out. I'm in the John/Marlena age zone > myself and have a perfectly wunnerful DH and we enjoy each other > immensely and, frankly, the smoochin' 8.1 etc. is better than it's > ever been (drum roll for the...) but, are the writers going over the > top with John and Marlena constantly PDA'ing*? I mean, Marlena is > draped in John's lap, they're lip locked everyplace they go, Marlena > is doing this very wierd outstretched arm, grabby hands "come to me" > gesture to John - whatsup with this?
> Decorum, people!
> *(PDA: "Public Display of Affection")
> Terry Pulliam Burd
> -- > "Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here."
> - Jack Nicholson in "As Good as it Gets"
My hubby and I are very much in love after 18 years of marriage, and we don't do a whole heckuva lot of the PDA thing either, but I don't see anything wrong with it especially when it comes to reasoning against it in regards to age. Age has nothing to do with anything. He'll kiss me at work to say hello once I've clocked out and we're shopping, or when he drops me off at work on the weekends. He doesn't mind my co-workers seeing this wonderful PDA. The younger set that I work with think it's cute, and very romantic. lol
All this being said, though, Diedra's acting during these scenes is annoying as all get out. She's over the top, bordering on sexually gratifying sounds. THAT irks me to no end! I wouldn't do that in public!! heh
> Okay, now I'm even kinda grossed out. I'm in the John/Marlena age zone > myself and have a perfectly wunnerful DH and we enjoy each other > immensely and, frankly, the smoochin' 8.1 etc. is better than it's > ever been (drum roll for the...) but, are the writers going over the > top with John and Marlena constantly PDA'ing*? I mean, Marlena is > draped in John's lap, they're lip locked everyplace they go, Marlena > is doing this very wierd outstretched arm, grabby hands "come to me" > gesture to John - whatsup with this?
> Decorum, people!
> *(PDA: "Public Display of Affection")
> Terry Pulliam Burd
> -- > "Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here."
> - Jack Nicholson in "As Good as it Gets"
Yeah, they act like a couple of hornballs. I agree with you, Terry. I love an affection paying, committed, handsome man just as much as the next woman, but I don't think they need to be running their fingers through each other's hair, going "Mmmm! Mmmm! That feels sooooo good!" or rubbing tongues in public. I think it's ridiculous, really. They both *talk* about wanting each each other in public, too. I once whispered something like that a little too loudly when I was out shopping at my local neighborhood little mall. A co-worker overheard me in the store (I knew he was there, but I didn't think he could hear me) and he bugged/teased me about it at work for about two weeks straight. Finally I told him "Look, shut up. Do I need to GET you a girlfriend for you to finally be quiet already?"
Belle sees, hears, notices everything they do. It's embarassing for her. I take it that co-workers and platonic friends would feel the same way. I didn't think that one particular person heard me, but I guess he did and he was embarassed by how much he had heard me say to my guy at the time. If it's personal, keep it a home (or private, like in a hotel room or rented beach house, etc., etc.)----general rule of thumb. I agree with Terry.
> > Okay, now I'm even kinda grossed out. I'm in the John/Marlena age zone > > myself and have a perfectly wunnerful DH and we enjoy each other > > immensely and, frankly, the smoochin' 8.1 etc. is better than it's > > ever been (drum roll for the...) but, are the writers going over the > > top with John and Marlena constantly PDA'ing*? I mean, Marlena is > > draped in John's lap, they're lip locked everyplace they go, Marlena > > is doing this very wierd outstretched arm, grabby hands "come to me" > > gesture to John - whatsup with this?
> > Decorum, people!
> > *(PDA: "Public Display of Affection")
> > Terry Pulliam Burd
> > -- > > "Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here."
> > - Jack Nicholson in "As Good as it Gets"
> My hubby and I are very much in love after 18 years of marriage, and we > don't do a whole heckuva lot of the PDA thing either, but I don't see > anything wrong with it especially when it comes to reasoning against it in > regards to age. Age has nothing to do with anything. He'll kiss me at work > to say hello once I've clocked out and we're shopping, or when he drops me > off at work on the weekends. He doesn't mind my co-workers seeing this > wonderful PDA. The younger set that I work with think it's cute, and very > romantic. lol
> All this being said, though, Diedra's acting during these scenes is annoying > as all get out. She's over the top, bordering on sexually gratifying > sounds. THAT irks me to no end! I wouldn't do that in public!! heh
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A kiss is one thing, but does he slobber all over you and kiss the back of your NECK or breathe on you like a dragon would like John and Marlena? J & M are just tacky, but I agree with you that they shouldn't be discounted or made fun of just merely due to their age alone. It should be due to their behavior. People who are older are sometimes even MORE in love.
I used to work across the street from my boyfriend several years ago. He'd come in to my office and I'd smack him on the rear end and then mess up his perfectly gelled hair. One day a few girls came up to me from the department next to me and told me "He's hot! Nice smile and cute little but". It kind of creeped me out since I didn't know them very well and we had never all three hung out socially. Then I figured it was MY OWN fault. Had I not acted like a lovestruck idiot around them, they would never have had the chance to walk up to me like we were all pals and comment. You encourage what you get back in return sometimes, in other words and sometimes it can be embarassing or surprising.
On Jul 19, 10:39 pm, "Julia Dream" <pinkw...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Diedra's acting during these scenes is annoying
> as all get out. She's over the top, bordering on sexually gratifying > sounds. THAT irks me to no end! I wouldn't do that in public!! heh
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Yep. That's what my co-worker teased me about. Not the *visual* of two people in love being noticed, but the noise. He said "You know, I *HEARD* what you said. I figured HE was probably the frisky type, but I'd never pegged you for being the one to instigate something like that." I was totally shocked that he'd heard me, since I whispered it. He said "Umm, yeah, you whisperd it, but your hand wasn't over your mouth and I sort of read your lips. I heard exactly what you said to him! Damn!" It's like he's been working late and you've really missed him this week obviously! That was hilarious, JN!"
On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:39:35 -0500, "Julia Dream" <pinkw...@sbcglobal.net> rummaged among random neurons and opined:
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>All this being said, though, Diedra's acting during these scenes is annoying >as all get out. She's over the top, bordering on sexually gratifying >sounds. THAT irks me to no end! I wouldn't do that in public!! heh
Ackshully, that's what I meant - you articulated it better. It really isn't an ageist thing, as much of a dignity thing. Acting like a teenager isn't pretty when you're 50.
Terry Pulliam Burd
-- "Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here."
Terry Pulliam Burd wrote: > Okay, now I'm even kinda grossed out. I'm in the John/Marlena age > zone myself and have a perfectly wunnerful DH and we enjoy each > other immensely and, frankly, the smoochin' 8.1 etc. is better than > it's ever been (drum roll for the...) but, are the writers going > over the top with John and Marlena constantly PDA'ing*? I mean, > Marlena is draped in John's lap, they're lip locked everyplace they > go, Marlena is doing this very wierd outstretched arm, grabby hands > "come to me" gesture to John - whatsup with this?
> Decorum, people!
> *(PDA: "Public Display of Affection")
Don't see much wrong with it, personally. The wife and I don't act much differently. It's kinda tame in comparison, to be honest.
> On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:39:35 -0500, "Julia Dream" > <pinkw...@sbcglobal.net> rummaged among random neurons and opined:
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> >All this being said, though, Diedra's acting during these scenes is annoying > >as all get out. She's over the top, bordering on sexually gratifying > >sounds. THAT irks me to no end! I wouldn't do that in public!! heh
> Ackshully, that's what I meant - you articulated it better. It really > isn't an ageist thing, as much of a dignity thing. Acting like a > teenager isn't pretty when you're 50.
Still sounds ageist to me. No offense intended, btw. I just hope that me and my man are still acting like teenagers when we're 64 (Beatles tune stuck in my head!). My guy wasn't the most romantic guy in the world when I met him, but he sure has learned, and some PDA has sure come a long way with us. I'm not talking tongues reaching out to each other at all; but the running of fingers through the hair, the soft pat on the backside once in a while, it's not disgusting at all imo. It's not the actions so much as the noises John and Marlena make. They could be in their 80s and their kissing in public wouldn't bother me one bit. But if they are doing the whole moaning/groaning thing, yeah that would bug me to hear it in public.
> On Jul 19, 10:39 pm, "Julia Dream" <pinkw...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Diedra's acting during these scenes is annoying > > as all get out. She's over the top, bordering on sexually gratifying > > sounds. THAT irks me to no end! I wouldn't do that in public!! heh
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> Yep. That's what my co-worker teased me about. Not the *visual* of two > people in love being noticed, but the noise. He said "You know, I > *HEARD* what you said. I figured HE was probably the frisky type, but > I'd never pegged you for being the one to instigate something like > that." I was totally shocked that he'd heard me, since I whispered it. > He said "Umm, yeah, you whisperd it, but your hand wasn't over your > mouth and I sort of read your lips. I heard exactly what you said to > him! Damn!" It's like he's been working late and you've really missed > him this week obviously! That was hilarious, JN!"
> I felt soooooooo stupid. :-(
Your co-worker called you "JN"? lol j/k
I'm not really into hearing people's lovemaking noises, but kissing and the running of fingers through someones hair doesn't bother me in the least. My guy used to be really shy about my trying to kiss him in public when we were dating, but heck after 18 years he's learned a LOT. We both have, actually. It's the noises we both cannot stand from John and Marlena, not the actions.
> > Diedra's acting during these scenes is annoying > > > as all get out. She's over the top, bordering on sexually gratifying > > > sounds. THAT irks me to no end! I wouldn't do that in public!! heh
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> > Yep. That's what my co-worker teased me about. Not the *visual* of two > > people in love being noticed, but the noise. He said "You know, I > > *HEARD* what you said. I figured HE was probably the frisky type, but > > I'd never pegged you for being the one to instigate something like > > that." I was totally shocked that he'd heard me, since I whispered it. > > He said "Umm, yeah, you whisperd it, but your hand wasn't over your > > mouth and I sort of read your lips. I heard exactly what you said to > > him! Damn!" It's like he's been working late and you've really missed > > him this week obviously! That was hilarious, JN!"
> > I felt soooooooo stupid. :-(
> Your co-worker called you "JN"? lol j/k
> I'm not really into hearing people's lovemaking noises, but kissing and the > running of fingers through someones hair doesn't bother me in the least. My > guy used to be really shy about my trying to kiss him in public when we were > dating, but heck after 18 years he's learned a LOT. We both have, actually. > It's the noises we both cannot stand from John and Marlena, not the actions.
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I kind of consider it the behavior of a show off, as do certain people I've asked, but seriously, to your defense, some people just don't notice or "tune out" other people who are around them. I'm bad at restaurants in the summer under the table, though. If the leg is wearing shorts and he's freshly showered, I have to do the little palm of my hand on your knee thing. I loves me some soft man legs. Go Dove Body Wash! Go! :-)
Some people think that's an "ownership" thing and that you're claiming your territory, but to me it's just a "These are your weekend legs and not your work week legs. I love the weekend legs and have missed 'em!"
On Jul 20, 10:03 pm, FantasyNexus <fantasyne...@aol.com> wrote:
> Don't see much wrong with it, personally. The wife and I don't act > much differently. It's kinda tame in comparison, to be honest.
Ok Mr. PDA, so if you two are tame in comparison to MarDoc and John and she's laying in his lap in public, what are you doing? Checking to see if her thong's crooked and her bra matches?
Yeah, I'm a Russian spy and we all speak in code, you know, Becky. Besides, using initials makes us all want to break out with a rap song more often, so it lightens the atmosphere. Sometimes we even break dance on our lunch hour and every other Friday, we all wear Parachute Pants.
> FantasyNexus wrote: >> Don't see much wrong with it, personally. The wife and I don't act >> much differently. It's kinda tame in comparison, to be honest.
> Ok Mr. PDA, so if you two are tame in comparison to MarDoc and John > and she's laying in his lap in public, what are you doing? Checking > to see if her thong's crooked and her bra matches?
Somewhere in-between, and it depends on exactly where we are in public. One would hope that we'd already know what each other was wearing under their clothes, and checking to see if things match would be a wasted effort.
On Jul 21, 8:07 pm, FantasyNexus <fantasyne...@aol.com> wrote:
> Spangliekins of the Fall wrote:
> > FantasyNexus wrote: > >> Don't see much wrong with it, personally. The wife and I don't act > >> much differently. It's kinda tame in comparison, to be honest.
> > Ok Mr. PDA, so if you two are tame in comparison to MarDoc and John > > and she's laying in his lap in public, what are you doing? Checking > > to see if her thong's crooked and her bra matches?
> Somewhere in-between, and it depends on exactly where we are in > public. One would hope that we'd already know what each other was > wearing under their clothes, and checking to see if things match would > be a wasted effort.
Sometimes one person is in the shower and the other is dressing. I doubt that you know EVERY day what undergarments she's wearing in the morning as opposed to at bedtime.
> FantasyNexus wrote: >> Spangliekins of the Fall wrote: >>> FantasyNexus wrote: >>>> Don't see much wrong with it, personally. The wife and I don't >>>> act much differently. It's kinda tame in comparison, to be >>>> honest.
>>> Ok Mr. PDA, so if you two are tame in comparison to MarDoc and >>> John and she's laying in his lap in public, what are you doing? >>> Checking to see if her thong's crooked and her bra matches?
>> Somewhere in-between, and it depends on exactly where we are in >> public. One would hope that we'd already know what each other was >> wearing under their clothes, and checking to see if things match >> would be a wasted effort.
> Sometimes one person is in the shower and the other is dressing. I > doubt that you know EVERY day what undergarments she's wearing in > the morning as opposed to at bedtime.
Let's just say that's never, ever the case in our house.
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